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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Cure
Performer
Robert Smith
Guitar
Andy Anderson
Drums
Lol Tolhurst
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Robert Smith
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Robert Smith
Producer
Dave Allen
Producer
Chris Parry
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Wake up in the dark, the after taste of anger
In the back of my mouth
Spit it on the wall and cough some more
And scrape my skin with razor blade
[Verse 2]
Make up in the new blood and try to look so good
Follow me
Make up in the new blood and follow me to where
The real fun is
[Verse 3]
As stale and selfish as a sick dog
That's spurning sex like an animal of God
I'll tear your red hair by the roots and hold you blazin'
Hold you cherished in the dead electric light
[Verse 4]
Your face, I'll never see you
This way again
I captured it so perfectly
As if I knew you'd disappear away
[Verse 5]
Oh, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake dog shake
Oh yeah, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake dog shake
[Verse 6]
You hit me again, you howl and hit me again
The same sharp pain
Wakes me in the dark and cuts me from my throat
To my poundin' heart, my heart, my shakin' heart
[Verse 7]
Oh, shake, shake
Oh, shake dog shake
Shake, shake
(Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake)
(Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake dog shake)
Shake, shake, shake dog shake
[Verse 8]
But we slept all night in the virgin's bed
And dreamed of death and breathed like sick dogs
We slept all night in the virgin's bed
And breathed like death and dreamed of sick dogs
[Verse 9]
Shake, shake
Oh, shake, shake
Shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake dog shake
(Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake dog shake)
[Verse 10]
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake dog shake
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake dog shake
[Verse 11]
Wake up in the new blood
Make up in the new blood
Shake up in the new blood
And follow me to where the real fun is
[Verse 12]
Shake dog shake
Shake dog shake
Shake dog
Written by: Robert James Smith